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ABSTRACT: Background
The current West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak has resulted in multiple individuals being medically evacuated to other countries for clinical management.Methods
We report two patients who were transported from West Africa to the United States for treatment of EVD. Both patients received aggressive supportive care measures, as well as an investigational therapeutic (TKM-100802) and convalescent plasma.Results
While one patient experienced critical illness with multi-organ failure requiring mechanical ventilation and renal replacement therapy, both patients recovered without serious long-term sequelae to date.Conclusions
It is unclear what role the experimental drug and convalescent plasma had in the recovery of these patients. Prospecti
SUBMITTER: Kraft CS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4542597 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature